EP0639463B1 - Method of dot printing and corresponding ink jet print head - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
- B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
- B41J2/01—Ink jet
- B41J2/21—Ink jet for multi-colour printing
- B41J2/2132—Print quality control characterised by dot disposition, e.g. for reducing white stripes or banding
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- the present invention relates to a method of dot printing and to the corresponding ink jet printing head, and more particularly, to a method for improving the perceptible printing quality of graphic images and alphanumeric texts obtained with both black-and-white and colour printing.
- the dot printing method according the present invention may be applied indiscriminately to any type of ink jet head, and preferably it is applied to a thermal colour ink jet printing head.
- the head is transported in two opposing directions in front of a printing medium, on which the ink drops are deposited in successive passes.
- a strip of a first colour is deposited, Cyan, for example, on which is deposited a second strip of a second colour, Yellow for example, in a second pass, but staggered in defect i.e. with a width less than that of the previous strip, while a next strip of the first colour is deposited alongside the first, with equal width.
- strips of the first and the second colour are alternately deposited, of which the strip of the second colour is always staggered in defect of the same quantity with respect to that of the first colour.
- the ink of the first pass is not yet sufficiently dry when the ink of the second colour is superimposed on it, so that the latter mixes with the underlying ink in an irregular fashion, creating perceptible spots of colour, to the detriment of the print quality.
- Preferred embodiments of the present invention seek to print, with colour inks, images of high quality, having none of the inconveniences mentioned above.
- One embodiment of the present invention prints graphic images and alphanumeric texts by depositing an ink of a second colour on top of an ink of a first colour after a sufficient time to allow the first-deposited ink to dry and not mix with the ink deposited afterwards.
- Another embodiment of the present invention covers with a successive pass a white zone that may be situated between two adjacent strips, having been left untouched by ink due to possible errors in the feed of the printing medium, for example, a sheet of paper.
- FIG. 1a-e on the lefthand side, there is a diagram of the arrangement of the nozzles of the head 20 used in the present invention and described more closely hereafter with respect to Fig. 2.
- the head 20 contains three groups of nozzles, indicated by C, M, G, respectively referring to the three basic colours Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
- the head 20 is mounted on a carriage, moved by its own motor, not shown in the drawings, in two opposite directions, i.e. a forward run and a return run, also known as passes, to deposit drops of ink on a printing medium PM to form a strip.
- strip is meant a band or stripe of a certain colour, extending for the whole or part of the run of the head and deposited by emission of ink through all or part of the nozzles of each group.
- the method of dot printing according to the invention comprises the following phases:
- the last strip 58 (Fig. 1g) of the second colour will have a width Y'm decreased by the quantity H with respect to the width Yc, while the width of the last strip 59 of the third colour will have a width Y'g, decreased by (H + K).
- the method specifies that each subsequent colour is deposited only after the second pass with respect to the colour previously deposited, so as to allow the latter to dry sufficiently.
- the second colour is deposited on top of the first only during the third pass of the printing head (Fig. 1c), while the third colour is deposited on top of the second in the fifth pass of the head (Fig. 1e).
- Figure 2 shows, in schematic fashion, the new arrangement of the nozzles of an ink jet printing head 20, particularly adapted to colour printing of graphic images and alphanumeric text of high print quality, so that each subsequent colour is superimposed on a different, preceding, colour, to form all the desired intermediate shades, without creating noticeable spots or haloes.
- the head 20 contains a number of nozzles 22.
- the nozzles 22 communicate with ink expulsion chambers (not shown), in which a pressure impulses is generated by any of the methods familiar to the art for expelling ink drops from the corresponding nozzles.
- ink jet head of thermal type, although other types of ink jet heads can also be used.
- the nozzles 22 are arranged in groups, each group being fed with ink of a different colour.
- the nozzles 22 are subdivided into three groups, respectively indicated C, M, G, with reference to three inks of different colour, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.
- the nozzles of each group are aligned in two columns 124 and 126, parallel to the direction S of feed of the printing medium, and therefore the two columns 124 and 126 are perpendicular to the direction of movement of the head, indicated by MT.
- the nozzles 22 can also be arranged in a single column, or distributed in more than two columns, however.
- the nozzles of adjacent columns are staggered in the direction S by a quantity equal to the pitch p, while the groups of nozzles are spaced by a distance that varies from one group to another, as shall be explained hereafter.
- each group contains a number of nozzles that is different from that of the other groups.
- the strips of the second and third colour are staggered forward with respect to the strips of the first colour.
- the table of Fig. 3 shows, as an example, the sequence number of the nozzles of each group used for the colour printing of a hypothetical image with 13 passes.
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- Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
- Ink Jet Recording Methods And Recording Media Thereof (AREA)
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ITTO930622A IT1261240B (it) | 1993-08-19 | 1993-08-19 | Metodo di stampa a punti e relativa testina di stampa a getto d'inchiostro. |
ITTO930622 | 1993-08-19 |
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EP0639463A1 EP0639463A1 (en) | 1995-02-22 |
EP0639463B1 true EP0639463B1 (en) | 1997-10-22 |
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- 1993-08-19 IT ITTO930622A patent/IT1261240B/it active IP Right Grant
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DE69406384D1 (de) | 1997-11-27 |
JP3831419B2 (ja) | 2006-10-11 |
EP0639463A1 (en) | 1995-02-22 |
ITTO930622A1 (it) | 1995-02-19 |
ITTO930622A0 (it) | 1993-08-19 |
US5684517A (en) | 1997-11-04 |
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IT1261240B (it) | 1996-05-09 |
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